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USA fighter pilot shot down after Japanese raid on Buna, picked up by HMAS BENALLA
USA fighter pilot shot down after Japanese raid on Buna, picked up by HMAS BENALLA

USA fighter pilot shot down after Japanese raid on Buna, picked up by HMAS BENALLA

Maker (1907 - 1995)
Subject or historical figure (1907 - 1995)
Date1943-1944
Object numberANMS0296[013]
NamePhotograph
MediumBlack and white photographic print in paper
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from L Whitebrook
HistoryImperial Japanese troops invaded and captured Buna on the north coast of Papua New Guinea on 21–22 July 1942 during WWII. Australian and United States forces counterattacked from 16 November 1942 driving the Japanese out of Buna on 2 January 1943. The US Fifth Air Force then used the Buna air bases for the Allied counter-offensive against Japan in particular to isolate the major Japanese base at Rabaul and attack Lae and points west.